Primary and additional offence
year
If a person is tried only for one crime, the offence in such a criminal case is called “simple”, if a person is tried for several crimes at once, it is called “qualified”. The gravest of the offences charged is the primary offence, the rest are additional offences (sometimes an additional offence is also called an additional qualification).
10571
number of persons whose cases have gone through the court
8069
persons convicted for primary offence
732
persons convicted for additional offence
56
persons acquitted for primary offence
2446
persons whose cases for primary offence were terminated
13949
total number of cases where this article was used
In 2017, 8069 people were convicted on main offence under this article. 3426 (42.5%) were sentenced to suspended imprisonment, another 957 (11.9%) got prison sentences. 56 persons were acquitted. Cases involving 2446 persons were terminated (23.1% court cases), 2836 cases were closed on non-exculpatory grounds.
732 persons were convicted on additional offense. Court decided to terminate the case for 23 persons on this case by this article on additional offense. 51 people were acquitted of additional offense.
Outcomes of the cases pertaining to Article 160 that made it to the court (primary offence)
primary offence
additional offence (by the number of persons)
add. qualification (by the number of crimes)
